Streets of Rage 2: Cheats, Guides, and Help Discussions

Game Summary

To celebrate their defeat of the syndicate exactly one year before, Blaze, Adam and Axel met for drinks. The next morning, Axel received a frantic phone call from Eddie 'Skate' Hunter, Adam's younger brother, whom he was living with on the edge of the city. Blaze and Axel found Adam and Skate's house wrecked and a picture of Adam chained to a wall at the feet of Mr. X. The city then once again returned to its nightmarish state and criminals ran rampant. Unable to contact their old friend from the military, Axel and Blaze team up with Skate and Max Thunder to free the city and rescue Adam from the Syndicate. It is up to you to take down Mr. X once and for all!

Start a normal game with Axel. When you encounter an enemy, press B only once, wait about half a second, then press B again. It takes some practice, but once you get the timing correct, you will be able to kill all enemies and most Bosses with one combo. Note: Some Bosses will attack out of the combo sequence, and other enemies may try to surround you while you attack.

Play as Max, then try to hold somebody. Press C (the person might fall off) and while you are in the air, immediately press B to do a slam. If you hold the person backwards and do it, it will be more effective because he slams the person on the knee.

Highlight the "Options" selection at the main menu, then hold A + B on controller two, then hold any button (but not the D-pad) on controller one. Keep all buttons held until additional options that allow level selection, new difficulty levels (Mania and Very Easy), and increasing number of lives up to nine appear.

Hold Down/Right + B on controller one and Left + A on controller two at the title screen. Press C on controller two while all buttons are held. Select two player mode and choose the same character. Note: Both characters will appear identical.

Hold Right + B on controller one and Left + A on controller two at the title screen. Press C on controller two while all buttons are held. Select two player mode and choose the same character. Note: Both characters will appear identical.

Hold Right + B on controller one and Left + A on controller two at the title screen. Press C on controller two while all buttons are held. Select two player mode and choose the same character. Note: Both characters will appear identical.
*Note: This code is for the PAL version of the game.

(1) The first one is towards the end of the second level. The stage right after you beat up everyone inside the moving truck (right before you fight the Jetpack guys). You start out with the front of the truck sticking out of the left side of the screen. If you go up to the left-hand corner of the screen behind the truck, and press B, you'll pick up an extra life.
The second extra life is in that crazy foggy stage at the carnival (stage 3 I think?) with the exploding eggs. At the part where you fight that wanna-be-3D dragon thing that sticks out of the center of the screen, right below the dragon's base in the wall at the bottom of the screen, if you press B, you'll pick up another extra life. And this isn't something tricky that occasionally works. Those 2 extra lives ARE ALWAYS THERE, and they're a nice little treat.